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Burgin, Ximena D.; Daniel, Mayra C. – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2021
This paper reports on Ecuadorian pre-service and in-service teachers' ability to conduct action research in the classroom as well as their skills to efficiently adjust instruction to address students' cultural and linguistic diversity. A qualitative case study approach was implemented to collect information from teacher candidates in 2015,…
Descriptors: Action Research, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Private Schools
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Acosta, Hazel; Cajas, Diego; Minchala, Elizabeth – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2022
This study deviates from the standard view of template-based training courses that have dominated the experience of in-service English teachers in Ecuador. Its purpose is to underscore the contextualization of training modules as a strategic method for duplicating and scaling up multi-level teacher training to sustain their knowledge and skills.…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
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Giraldo, Frank; Yan, Xun – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2023
In this article, we report the results of a study through which we collected English language teachers' needs and wants to design an online language assessment course. Through a mixed-methods approach, we asked 20 teachers from four Latin American countries what they wanted to learn in the course. The teachers wanted a course in which they could…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Tests
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Mónica Abad-Célleri; Juanita Argudo-Serrano; Tammy Fajardo-Dack; Patricio Cabrera – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2024
This mixed-method study examines Ecuadorian preservice English as a foreign language teachers' cognition regarding pronunciation models and targets, identity, and confidence. Data were gathered through a self-reported, anonymous online questionnaire. Factor analysis and Spearman's correlations were conducted on the quantitative data, and content…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Language Teachers, English (Second Language)
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Rubin, Joan – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2019
Since Ecuador has determined that it wants to be fully bilingual in ten years, this paper describes the experience of a Fulbright Scholar at a university Language Center in Quito; one helping language teachers improve the language learning skills of their students. The theoretical framework for this work comes from Learner Self-Management (LSM) or…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Self Management, Foreign Countries, Bilingualism
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Abad, Mónica – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2023
This paper reports a mixed-method study on listening instructional practices and beliefs of 50 EFL teachers of public and private universities in Cuenca, Ecuador. The study aimed to provide empirical evidence of listening teaching practices and determine teachers' beliefs about listening. Data were gathered through a questionnaire and structured…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, Listening Skills